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Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens
By Jez Corden last updated
More layoffs In the latest update on the massive Microsoft layoffs, it seems Redmond has gutted the teams behind HoloLens and Mixed Reality.
Microsoft 365, Windows 365, and Xbox Cloud Gaming are coming to Meta Quest devices
By Zac Bowden published
Microsoft is bringing its large suite of productivity and entertainment services to Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro devices in a newly announced partnership with Meta
Razer acquires Interhaptics to 'expand HyperSense ecosystem'
By Sean Endicott published
Razer just announced its acquisition of Interhaptics, which developers haptic technology used in PCs, consoles, mobile devices, and mixed reality headsets.
Is the metaverse the great equalizer?
By Robert Carnevale published
We've all been so swept up in harping on the buzzword aspect of "metaverse" that many of us may have overlooked a potentially positive side effect of the concept.
Why Microsoft should never have stopped making camera-focused phones
By Jason Ward last updated
When Microsoft cut its smartphone business, it cut the advantages those innovations may have added to its AI and mixed reality efforts.
A media-focused HoloLens could help Microsoft bring AR to consumers
By Jason Ward last updated
With Apple's consumer-focused AR strategy, Microsoft's HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality may be overshadowed. But media-focused HoloLens for home, targeted at consumers, could turn the tide.
Smartglasses as smartphones – why your social and privacy concerns may not matter
By Jason Ward last updated
The next generation of adults, unconcerned about social and privacy issues, may readily accept smartglasses as smartphone replacements.
Even without consumer-focused HoloLens, Microsoft must market AR sooner than later
By Jason Ward last updated
Even without a consumer-ready HoloLens, Microsoft has an "augmented reality" story to tell. But it must market that story, as well.
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